Method and device for customising a radio communication terminal, corresponding radio communication terminal, SIM card, server, computer program product and storage means
AssigneeWavecom
InventorJacques Montes
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Abstract
A method is provided for customizing a radio communication terminal possessing an operating mode requiring first customization data so as to allow a first radio communication link with a radio communication network. The method includes the following steps: placing the terminal in an actual usage condition, not including the first customization data; transmitting the first customization data from a customization device to the radio communication terminal, via a second link distinct from the first link.
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A method for customizing a first radio communication terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- placing the first radio communication terminal in use, outside of a factory, with a blank SIM card, inside which first customization data can be stored, the first customization data permitting the first radio communication terminal to establish a first radio communication link between said first radio communication terminal and a radio communication network, wherein during said placing step, said blank SIM card is devoid of all customization data that are linked to a radio communication network, such that said first radio communication terminal is not able to communicate with any radio communication network;
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- after said step of placing the first radio communication terminal in use, and before establishing said first radio communication link, transmitting said first customization data from a customization device to said first radio communication terminal, via a second link that is distinct from said first link.
A device for customizing a first radio communication terminal, which has an operating mode that requires first customization data in order to make possible a first radio communication link with a radio communication network, wherein the device comprises:
- means for obtaining said first customization data;
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- means for transmitting said customization data, via a second link that is distinct from said first link, to said first radio communication terminal, which comprises a blank SIM card devoid of all customization data that are linked to a radio communication network, such that said first radio communication terminal is not able to communicate with any radio communication network prior to receiving said customization data from said device.
A first radio communication terminal comprising:
- a SIM card, inside which first customization data can be stored, the first customization data permits the first radio communication terminal to establish a first radio communication link between said first radio communication terminal and a radio communication network;
- means for implementing an operating mode outside a factory in which said SIM card is blank and devoid of all customization data that are linked to a radio communication network, such that said first radio communication terminal is not able to communicate with any radio communication network;
- means for implementing an operating mode that requires said first customization data in order to make possible said first radio communication link with a radio communication network;
- means for obtaining said first customization data after implementing said operating mode in which said SIM card is blank;
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- means for activating said first customization data obtained by said obtaining means.
A computer program product saved onto a support that can be read by a computer and/or run by a processor, wherein the product comprises program code instructions to run a method for customizing a first radio communication terminal, which has an operating mode that requires first customization data in order to permit a first radio communication link with a radio communication network, when said program is run on a computer, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- placing said first radio communication terminal in use, outside a factory, with a blank SIM card that is devoid of all customization data that are linked to a radio communication network, such that said first radio communication terminal is not able to communicate with any radio communication network;
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- after the step of placing the first radio communication terminal in use, transmitting said first customization data from a customization device to said first radio communication terminal, via a second link that is distinct from said first link.
A computer-readable storage device that can be read by a computer, which stores a set of instructions that may be run by said computer to implement a method for customizing a first radio communication terminal, which has an operating mode that requires first customization data in order to permit a first radio communication link with a radio communication network, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- placing said first radio communication terminal in of use, outside a factory, with a blank SIM card without said first customization data, such that said first terminal is not able to communicate with any radio communication network;
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- after the step of placing said first radio communication terminal in use, transmitting said first customization data from a customization device to said first radio communication terminal, via a second link that is distinct from said first link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.